diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index 06c57a6a0b..2f5e90a52c 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -70,3 +70,7 @@ freezegun==0.3.12
 
 # zipp 2.0.0 requires Python >= 3.6
 zipp==1.0.0
+
+# the latest release seems be backwards incompatible and is causing issues
+# error reported in: https://openedx.atlassian.net/browse/PROD-1195
+edx-rest-api-client<2.0.0
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 721ee01f7d..32bf059459 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ edx-ccx-keys==1.0.0
 edx-celeryutils==0.3.1
 edx-completion==3.0.2
 edx-django-oauth2-provider==1.3.5
-edx-django-release-util==0.3.3
+edx-django-release-util==0.3.5
 edx-django-sites-extensions==2.4.3
 edx-django-utils==2.0.3
 edx-drf-extensions==2.4.5
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ edx-organizations==2.2.0
 edx-proctoring-proctortrack==1.0.5
 edx-proctoring==2.2.4
 edx-rbac==1.0.5           # via edx-enterprise
-edx-rest-api-client==3.0.0
+edx-rest-api-client==1.9.2
 edx-search==1.2.2
 edx-sga==0.10.0
 edx-submissions==3.0.3
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ maxminddb==1.5.2          # via geoip2
 mock==3.0.5
 git+https://github.com/edx/MongoDBProxy.git@d92bafe9888d2940f647a7b2b2383b29c752f35a#egg=MongoDBProxy==0.1.0+edx.2
 mongoengine==0.10.0
-more-itertools==8.1.0
+more-itertools==8.1.0     # via zipp
 mpmath==1.1.0             # via sympy
 mysqlclient==1.4.6
 newrelic==5.4.1.134
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 4463e5ebd3..511cbbfee6 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ edx-ccx-keys==1.0.0
 edx-celeryutils==0.3.1
 edx-completion==3.0.2
 edx-django-oauth2-provider==1.3.5
-edx-django-release-util==0.3.3
+edx-django-release-util==0.3.5
 edx-django-sites-extensions==2.4.3
 edx-django-utils==2.0.3
 edx-drf-extensions==2.4.5
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ edx-organizations==2.2.0
 edx-proctoring-proctortrack==1.0.5
 edx-proctoring==2.2.4
 edx-rbac==1.0.5
-edx-rest-api-client==3.0.0
+edx-rest-api-client==1.9.2
 edx-search==1.2.2
 edx-sga==0.10.0
 edx-sphinx-theme==1.5.0
diff --git a/requirements/edx/paver.txt b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
index 185abc82ba..cada4b8ade 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/paver.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ lazy==1.4
 libsass==0.10.0
 markupsafe==1.1.1
 mock==3.0.5
-more-itertools==8.1.0     # via zipp
 path==13.1.0
 pathtools==0.1.2          # via watchdog
 paver==1.3.4
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 269bdfd84a..0e2b53c366 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ edx-ccx-keys==1.0.0
 edx-celeryutils==0.3.1
 edx-completion==3.0.2
 edx-django-oauth2-provider==1.3.5
-edx-django-release-util==0.3.3
+edx-django-release-util==0.3.5
 edx-django-sites-extensions==2.4.3
 edx-django-utils==2.0.3
 edx-drf-extensions==2.4.5
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ edx-organizations==2.2.0
 edx-proctoring-proctortrack==1.0.5
 edx-proctoring==2.2.4
 edx-rbac==1.0.5
-edx-rest-api-client==3.0.0
+edx-rest-api-client==1.9.2
 edx-search==1.2.2
 edx-sga==0.10.0
 edx-submissions==3.0.3
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ mccabe==0.6.1             # via flake8, pylint
 mock==3.0.5
 git+https://github.com/edx/MongoDBProxy.git@d92bafe9888d2940f647a7b2b2383b29c752f35a#egg=MongoDBProxy==0.1.0+edx.2
 mongoengine==0.10.0
-more-itertools==8.1.0     # via pytest, zipp
+more-itertools==8.1.0
 mpmath==1.1.0
 mysqlclient==1.4.6
 newrelic==5.4.1.134